Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 49
पाशुपतज्ञानप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Pāśupata Knowledge
Paśu–Pāśa–Paśupati
यक्षस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा वज्रपाणिः शचीपतिः । किंचित्क्रुद्धो विहस्यैनं तृणमादातुमुद्यतः
yakṣasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vajrapāṇiḥ śacīpatiḥ | kiṃcitkruddho vihasyainaṃ tṛṇamādātumudyataḥ
یَکش کے کلام کو سن کر وجرپانی، شچی پتی اندر کچھ غضبناک ہوا؛ پھر طنزیہ ہنسی ہنس کر اس تنکے کو اٹھانے کے لیے آمادہ ہوا۔
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It highlights how even the highest deity among the devas can be stirred by pride and irritation; the “blade of grass” becomes a test that exposes limited power before the Supreme (Pati), urging humility as the doorway to grace.
The Yakṣa episode functions like a veiled revelation: the devas’ strength is not independent. In Saguna worship—such as honoring Shiva in the Linga—one acknowledges Shiva as the true source of all śakti, dissolving egoistic ownership of power.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with the bhāva of surrender, paired with a simple humility-vow (amanitva): before any action, inwardly offer it to Shiva as the true doer.